Alexandra and her husband Bryan are very close friends of mine. We’ve known each other since college. They didn’t condemn back then when I was a heathen. Now I think they might name their first child after me!

A very disturbing piece by Rod Dreher today on the human cost of our shepherd’s transgressions. What is the Church for? To bring souls to Christ, the only source of salvation. Look at the cost of this scandal in terms of the human cost and money doesn’t much matter. We need openess and accountability from our bishops and cardinals. We need to help the victims of this abuse heal fully. We need action on their part to eliminate this abuse in the future. We need to pray.

A reader gives his comments on my comments on Mark Jordan’s Freudian sloop. He also sent me some junk from Time magazine that I will comment on later.

You are spot-on with your analysis of Mark Jordan and others who share his view. It would be laughable if it were not so serious. I suspect you have seen this article from Time magazine. Not to put too fine a point on it, but persons who view the world primarily through the grid of their sexual attractions